'Baffling and hurtful': Residents of Eau Claire complex slated for demolition question city's tactics
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Residents of a townhome complex in Eau Claire set to be torn down to make way for the Green Line say the way the city has handled the situation has been unfair, baffling and hurtful.
Residents of a townhome complex in Eau Claire set to be torn down to make way for the Green Line say the way the city has handled the situation has been unfair, baffling and hurtful.
All 23 units at River Run, just north of Eau Claire Market, are now owned by the city after the land was expropriated.
"I think for there to be a negotiation, there needs to be two parties talking to each other and in our case, that hasn't happened," said Gordon Holden, who moved into one of the townhomes in 2000.
"The city has thrown its legal missiles in our direction and refused really to negotiate with us on a fair basis."
Holden is one of five now-former owners of the townhomes who spoke to CTV News.
They say they haven't been treated fairly by the city, both in the compensation offered to them and in the way the city has communicated with them during the years-long process.
"We've all accepted that our homes are going to be expropriated for the city's purposes. We get that. I think what we're looking for is a fair process to get to how we are put in some situation after this that we can live with," Holden said.
